title: [An aphasic reader].
abstract: Nonsemantic reading is the capacity to read without understanding by impairment of the lexical-semantic pathway. We report the case of a female steno secretary with nonsemantic reading capacity associated with severe aphasia caused by a left hemisphere ischemic stroke in Broca's area. Arguments in favor of a right hemisphere contribution to the reading ability are presented.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, centre hospitalier universitaire de Rouen, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thery-Langlois
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amossé
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lefaucheur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bioux
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gérardin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hannequin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Martinaud
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011932:Reading; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology